HD Ratings: TV3 Wired to Win

The second instalment of TV3’s ‘quake miniseries Hope and Wired won its two-hour slot on Thursday.

It averaged 6.2% – 7.4% of the major demographics and helped TV3 to win the night.

Moreover, its audience was largely sustained from 8.30-10.30, with the only significant drop-off being among household shoppers with kids (it opened with 8.1% and closed with 6.4%).

Hope and Wire’s appeal dented that of another NZ production, Agent Anna, which averaged 3.2% – 6.1%, but it was up on the previous week, whereas TV2’s double-episode season finale of Arrow took the biggest hit.

The first hour averaged only 4.1% – 4.5% and the second hour, 2.5% – 3.3%.

Earlier, House Rules averaged 6.2% – 10.8%, with the last half-hour out-rating TV2’s season premiere of Code: 1(7.4% – 8.4%) among HHS/k.

Week-on-week, TV One and TV3’s ratings/shares were up and TV2’s were down.

TV2 beat its rivals in all of the key demos on Wednesday, with My Kitchen Rules (13.2% – 19.4%), The Big Bang Theory (11.2% – 14.1%), 2 Broke Girls (9.3% – 10.7%) and Once Upon a Time (4.2% – 6.3%) all up on the previous week.